Improving the measurement of the diameter of Si spheres

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 517-522

  Nicolaus, R Arnold ^a   Geckeler, Ralf D ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absolute density; Avogadro's constant; Interferometry; Silicon crystal; T type thermocouples; Temperature measurement; Volume determination

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; CRYSTALS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); INTERFEROMETERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOCOUPLES; VOLUME MEASUREMENT; WAVEFRONTS;

ABSOLUTE DENSITY; AVOGADRO'S CONSTANT; SILICON CRYSTAL;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 34047216643     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2007.890619     Document Type: Conference Paper

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